Improve your business communication in Dutch
Have you learned Dutch as a second language and work in a Dutch-speaking company? Then you've probably noticed that colleagues often communicate informally, using phrases that go beyond the standard phrases in your lessons. This book offers solutions for speaking, texting, and emailing effectively in a professional environment, focusing on communication goals, tone, and nuance.
Speech acts and conversation techniques
"De Juist toon" ( The Right Tone) covers various language actions such as submitting requests, making proposals, formulating rejections, offering apologies, and providing both positive and negative feedback. The book also covers conversational situations, including: taking and keeping the floor, interrupting, rephrasing, and ending conversations. For examples and practical sentences for each language action, this book is the right place to go. You'll also gain insight into vocabulary, grammar, and Dutch culture, supported by numerous speaking and writing exercises.
Online Support
The code in the book gives you access to online material, which consists of audio supplements to dialogues and exercises, sample answers and word lists with English translations of B1+ words and expressions.
For Whom?
This book is ideal for intermediate to highly educated non-native speakers from B1 onwards who want to sharpen their business communication skills in Dutch. It can be used for self-study or as part of a course with an instructor. Intertaal, your reliable supplier, facilitates fast delivery.
Authors
Saarein te Brake, a freelance NT2 teacher and educational materials developer, is the owner of Taal in Oost (Language in East). Roos Naeff offers courses for highly educated non-Dutch speakers in the Amsterdam region and owns Dutch Lessons with Roos Naeff.